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Someone Is Hiding ‘Liberal’ Books In Idaho Library

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New York Times: “They wind up misfiled in out-of-the-way corners where readers will be sure not to find them.”

Said the person in an anonymous note: “I am going to continue hiding these books in the most obscure places I can find to keep this propaganda out of the hands of young minds. Your liberal angst gives me great pleasure.”

“The incidents over this past year — including a missing book that was discovered only this week — were not the first time books have mysteriously disappeared. Thirty years ago, the library lost so many books on human rights to theft that they had to be placed in a locked cabinet. The latest works to be targeted cover a wide range of topics, from gun control and women’s suffrage to LGBTQ issues and how people of color fare in the criminal justice system.”

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